Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-02
Arizona Items.
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Yesterday was an exceedingly hot dsj
in Tucson; that is, there were q gresl
many hot citizens, They were hot be
cause they felt Tucson had been cap.
tured by Texas.-Star. This means
that the railroad robbery knocked out
the boom--only temporarily, we hope,
however. HERALD.l
The supposed wife-murderer. Spring,
er, turned out to bc deserter from the
United Stasss army, and was released
by the civil authorities and handsd to
the military for trial.-[Star.
Newt. Hawk, generally known in
Tucson as Doc Davis, who was sent to
the Joliet, ILL.,, penitentiary for life for
| the murder Of train man on the cars
in Illinois, several years ago, is said to
be in very poor health and will prob.
ably die in short time, His friends
are making an effort to secure his par
don. = Citizen.
Weter has been struck In the well at
the Vekol at depth Of four hundred
feet, and il rose forty feet from the bot.
tom of the we'll. The supply is said to
be inexhaustable and the quality excel.
lent. This is good news for that camp
os it insures tue permanent working Of
the mill up to its full capacity and con-
sequently q largo bullion output. The
Vekol has very bright future before
it.-Citiaen. This mine is situated near
Casa Grande. ED. HERALT
Mr.. Dan B. Nichols has Just got 10
from the neighborhood of the San Feliz
mines in Sonora, and is registered at the
Palace. .-tCitizen. [Mr. ID. B. Nichols
is the well.known son of Judge Nichols
of Los Angeles. He recently went to
Sonora to visit bis mines near Port
Lobos, on the Gulf Of California. Ed.
HERALD.
No word has been received from the
Mexican trallers after the train robbers,
under charge Of Deputies Shaw and Fai.
son. 1t was understood Chat If their
trail was found, it would be followed
without cessation until tho thieves were
overtaken, and word would only be sent
back when an opportunity occurred
without delaying the pursuing party.
This morning Deputy Marshal Will
Smith came up from Yuma with mum.
Der Of Indian trailers, and is no doubt
on the trail now. The thieves Are bound
to be overtaken and brought back, no
matter where they arc.-[Citizcn.
Mr.. Frank Schultz, the original loca-
tor of the now famous Mammoth mine,
has recently succeeded in tracing the
continuation of the Mammoth lode
through five distinct clsims which he
has taken up under the names of the
Gould and Curry, Mocking Bird, Tri.
angle, Golden Reef and Butte mines.
These begin at the Mammoth lines and
run through the mountains with strong
ledge varying from four to twenty feet
wide. These properties are even more
promising than the Mammoth was at the
time it was first located, and Mr.. Schultz
is confident that he has fully a. good if
not better property than that splendid
mina,-~t Citizen.
The steam fire engine was reported to
be at Maricopa last evening. 1t will
be landed in this city W thin . day or.
two, when there will he Q grand hurrah
for the "fre laddies" by the people gen.
erally.-lGazette. " = -
The entire gang Of Mexican outlaws
and murderers that have been the tsrror
Of Pima end Cochise counties are either
dead or In the custody Of the law at
Tucson. This is good news. It Is to be
hoped that those in custody will speedily
get their dessrts.-tGazette.
The Phoenix city election takes place